• One of your patients/residents/clients falls to the ground from their bed or while trying to walk, how would you help?
• One of your patients/residents/clients refuses to eat, what would you do?
• How would you deal with an aggressive patient/resident/client?
• What would be your approach if that aggressive patient is usually calm and content, but his/her behaviour changed all of a sudden?
• In a nursing home setting, how would you manage a situation of a resident requiring your assistance while you’re attending to another resident?
• What’s the common procedure to perform a patient’s transfer using a Hoyer or a mechanical lift?
• Describe how you would safely carry out a transfer from a wheelchair to a toilet.
• Are you familiar with Ontario’s Bill of Rights for people living in Long Term Care? Can you mention some of its rights?
• Tell me about your education. What other courses or certifications do you have related to your PSW training?
• A resident continues to push their call button for help. You have already checked on them twice and nothing was wrong. The button goes off a third time. What do you do?
• What are your techniques to handle stress in work settings?
• What would you say are your most notable strengths and weaknesses as a worker?
• What are your immediate professional goals?
• Why would you like to work for our company?